One Place

I never thought I would be a blogger, and I promise not to make this one of those personal whining blogs.  So many friends have asked me to keep my former community updated with entries of my adventures since moving to NYC.  But with every day life, creative writing & my journal, I simply haven't had the time.  I thought a blog would be a great place to combine those and capture my thoughts, adventures and some of my creative writing. Bear with me as I will get this up & running smoothly soon, complete with a direct link to my former private community site (http://groups.msn.com/EuroKEuropeanSabbatical).

As I shared in my Christmas letter last year, 2006 was a year of savouring the moments and the people God brought to my life.  What turned out to be the theme of my 2007 was, sticking.  An element of that was thinking about what, as a child, I dreamed my life would be ... and what it is/has been.  I had always envisioned being married and raising children, despite my wanderlust.  While I love change and my wanderlust soul, sometimes, during those periods when life is exhausting, I think it would be nice to be one of those who can live in one place and make their entire life there. The following song lyrics seem to capture my thoughts on this topic best...

One Place 

(performed by Everything But The Girl)

Happy to be home.

A summer evening; I walk past the windows

The baby cryin'; Someone's cooking dinner

There's laughter on the TV

Someone's learning the violin

And how at home, at peace

At times like this, I feel...

I would like to live like anybody else

In one place

And I could be happy and fulfilled

In one place

So I get the map out

And draw a line of where I've been

It goes through sea and sky

Twenty-five planes this year

And it's only July

This is not some Bible, like "On The Road"

It's just a song about coming home

And whether...

I could live like anybody else

In one place

And I could be happy and fulfilled

In one place

You know that I have found

I'm happiest weavin' from town to town

You know Bruce said

we should keep movin' round

Maybe we all get too tied down, I don't know

Happy to be home

In the end, if you take care

You can be happy or unhappy anywhere

I think we maybe all rely too much

On one place

Oh I never would deny the need

For one place

So I get the map out...